Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
Appropriation Bills Consume Nearly
All the Time Of the Senate and
One Is Passed.
Fisheries Bill Reports Disagreement
to the Senate Amendments.
MIX CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

| SCllOn OF business. auu HOI 10 ylelQ 10
any effort to hurry up proceedings.
( Senator Cameron moved to dispense
with the reading of the journal.
Senator Hale asked leave to interrupt
the reading in order to have the naval ap-
preparation bill referred to the committee
on appropriations.
Senator Sherman moved to dispense
with the furtner reading of the Journal.
To all Of these propositions Senator
Edmunds objected, and so the reading OF
the Journal was proceeded with, occupy
ing twenty minutes time.
| The presiding officer then submitted q
message from the President vetoing the
Senate bill for public building at La
! Fayette, Ind. Referred to the committee
! on public buildings.
Senator Hoar from the committee on
privileges and elections reported back the
credentials Of Senator Stockbridge of
Michigan, and Turple OF Indians, and
moved that they be place on lille and the
committee discharged from further con
sideration. So ordered Also resollf
| ton authorizing the committee to sit G1f-
| ing the recess and continue the invesl-
CATION heretofore ordered In the alleged
ballot box outrages in Texas. Referred
to the committee on contingent expenses.
Tie naval appropriation bill was read
q second time and referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Senator Sherman for the daily meeting at
/ 8. III. was adOp ed.
The Senate then, on motion Of Senator
Sawyer, proceeded to the consideration
of the pension bills on the calendar.
All the pension bills on the calendar,
tiity seven in number, were then passed,
the time occupied being just 20 minutes.
Senator Hale, from The committee on
appropriations, reported back the naval
appropriation bill with amendments.
Ordered printed and placed on the
calendar.
On motion of SeDator Dawes the House
bill to grant right of way through the In
dian Territory to the Chicago, Kansas
and Nebraska Railway was taken from
the calendar and, after I'll explanation,
passed.
The President sent the following nomi-
nations TO the Senate to-day: Lieutenant
Colonel William D. Whipple to be assis-
tant djutent-general: Lieutenant Colonel
ChaunCey NJ. Keeytr, assistant adju,ant-
general, to be assistant adjutsn t-gen, raj
with rank of lieutenant colonel: Major
o lver d Greene, assistant sGi utant-gen-
eral; Major Samuel Breeck, assistant ad-
tant-general; Major Henry c. Woody,
assistant adjutaRt-generaI; M4jor James
Z. Martin, assistant adjutant general.
Navy-Captain James II. ellis, Com
modore: Commander James o. Name,
Captain; Lieutenant Commander John
MCGOWAN, Commander.
The conference report on the river and
harb Jr bill was presented by Senator Nc
MILAN. The bill as it came from the
House originally appropriated, he said,
S7,4G8,0 200, as 1t passed the Senate it ap-
propliated Sl0,620,0 900, as now reported
from the conference committee it appro-
prlsted s9,9l3, 500. The bin was then
read and the conference report agreed to
without discussion and without division.
Bills were taken from the calendar and
passed, among them the House bill for
the relief of J. w. Hobbs of Arkansas;
the Senate bill to quiet the title OF settlers
Oh the Des Moi1es river lands in Iowa.
The bill, making appropriations to pay
pensioners of the Mex can war was re-
ferred to the committee on appropria-
tons.
y,
private land claims in New Mexico,
Arizona and Colorado was taken from the
calendar.
ing that ne had seldom seen a worse one.
Pending discussion the Senate took 3
recess until S p. NJ.
TIE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The House
Mt OF
days session.
On motion OF Mr.. Belmont of NeT
York the Senate tI.uUdment to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bills was non-coGcurred in and con-
ference ordered.
On motion of Mr.. ToWnsheud of Hi |
nois the bill making appropriations for
the payment of mechanic pensions was
taken up and passed. 1t appropriates |
81, 800, 600 for the remainder of the cur
rent year and $4,000 900 for the next |
fl cal year.
Mr.. Paysen Of Illinois submitted con-
ference report on the bill restricting to
American citizens the ownership of real
estate in the territories. Agreed to.
Mr.. Willis of Kentucky pres cnted q |
conference report on the river and harbor |
appropriation bill, and on demand of Mr.. |
Anderson of Kansas the bill was read in
eXtenso. The report states the Senate |
increa sed the ite ms in the House bill to
sum sggregating 81, l50, 900 and this was
reduced in conference to 81 1913, $50. !
The Senate added Twenty-Five new items, |
aggregating S1,015, 000,' which were re-
duced in the conference to $4,000. The |
to al of the original House bill was
81, 459, 250; the totsl of the bill as it |
passed the Senate was Sl0,S20, $50, and |
as it comes from the Conference is |
81, 9l9, 900. The conference report was
agreed TO. Yeas III, nays SO.
Mr.. Peel of Arkansas su mitted q con-
ference report on the Indian appropriation |
bill, which was agreed 10.
Mr. Buros Of Missouri moved TO sus-
pend the rules and pass the deficiency ap-
bill. After the reading Of t
the bill and considerable debate the mo-
ton TO suspend the rules was agreed to,
and the bill passed with an amendment sp- |
S21 900. for printing and fin
lshing additional silver certificates and |
legal tender notes Of the denominations OF |
81 and So.
Mr.. Holman Of Indiana moved to sus-
pend the rules and put upon its passge
the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Belmont Of New York presented a
conference report on the fishery retalia-
ton bill announcing q disagreement.